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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 18, 1912. Serial No. 204,369.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CELESTIN LAMPRE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of .Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-lVheels, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels and has particular application to certain novel and useful improvements in cushion wheels. In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a wheel of this type wherein the pneumatic tire or air tube will be proof against puncture and at the same time possess the necessary resilient qualities to facilitate the travel of the wheel without transmitting shock or jar to the running gear of the vehicle to which the wheel is attached. Furthermore, I aim to provide a wheel of this character which shall include a pneumatic tube disposed adjacent the rim of the wheel, and a solid tire bearing upon such tube and designed to form the wheel tread, whereby upon the solid tire meeting an obstruction in its path of travel, the transmission of a. shock or jar to the vehicle body will be eliminated, owing to the pneumatic tube being interposed between the vehicle rim and the solid tire.

being connected to the hu lVith the above and other objects in view which shall appear as the description progresses, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and wherein has been illustrated what I now consider to be the preferred form of my invention: Figure l is a side elevation of a vehicle/wheel constructed in accordance with the present invention, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 .is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4-4 of Fig. l.

Similareference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to th'accompanying drawings in detail, the wheel as shown includes a hub 1 from which radiate the s okes 2, the latter in any suitable or preferred manner. Suitably fastened to the'tree ends of the spokes is a rim 3 and plication of the retainers to the wheel rim,

and formed integral with each v5 0? the retainers, angular lip 8, the flange at a pointadjacent' such, lip being provided with a circumferential'ly extending groove 9 cooperating with is an inwardly projecting right 5- a similar groove 10 formed in an annularclamping member 11. The clamping mei bers 11 are adated to snugly engage the upper surfaces 0 the flanges 5 and are provided at appropriate points with bolt openings 12 ailining withsimilar openings in the flanges 5 and desi bolts 13 adapted to threadedl-y engage the openings in the flanges whereby in the tight cnin of the bolts, said annular clamping mem rs may be drawn into engagement with the flanges 5, the latter being ofi set laterally of the wheel incident to the formstion of the members, 6. Surrounding the bolt openings in the flanges 5 of the re tainer and integral therewith. are bosses 15 and ribs 14L designed to form a reinforce for the retainers. The flanges 5 of the retainers are rabbeted circumferentially at their lowerlongitudinal edges, as at 16 to receive the lower end of the clamp 11 so as to present, in eflect, an integral structure. At the juncture of the offset portions 6 with each flange 5, the latter is provided with an inwardly.

extending annular lug 17 and interposed between the lugs 17 and the wheel rim, is a metallic band 18, the lugs serving to clamp the band against the rim.

Disposed intermediate the retainers and resting upon the band 18, is a pneumatic tube 19 provided with a suitable inflating valve and adapted to contact with the inner Walls of the flanges of the retainers. Surrounding the air tube 19 within the retainers is a band 20 preferably constructed of rubber, and inclosing this band is an annular band 21 constructed preferably of steel. A leather band 22 is arranged concentrically about the metal band 21 and is riveted or otherwise suitably fastened thereto. The bands 22, 21 and 20, and the air tube 19 are confinedwithin theretainers and outward movement of such elements beyond the regned to receive headed tainers, is eliminated owing to the lipstj on I V gaging the band 22 when the tube 19 has been inflated.

Fixed to the outer peripheral edges of the retainers l is a solid tire 23 preferably constructed of leather, although any other material suitable for the purpose may be utilized. This solid tire, in this instance, is provided with laterally projecting oppositely disposed wings 24; and the free ends of these Wings are clamped to the retainers through the medium of the grooves 9 and 10 of the flanges 5 and clamps 11 respectively, and the bolts 13, as will be readily under stood. Intermediate the wings and pro jecting inwardly of the tire 23 and integral therewith, is a rib 25 adapted to enter the space between the lips S and cotiperate with the air tube 19 to prevent the transmission of shocks or ars to the vehicle running gear in the movement of the wheel, when the latter meets an obstruction in the roadbed. In order to secure the rib 25 to the tire 23 within the intervening space between the lips 8 so that accidental displacement of the rib is prevented, I make use of a fastening device which in the present embodiment of the invention comprises a substantially il-shaped member 26 having its opposite limbs provided with alining apertures into which is interposed and firmly held a rivet tube 27, the latter being passed through an opening in the rib 25 previous to securing the ends of the said tube to the limbsot' the U-shaped nicmben The connecting portion of the limbs of this U-shaped member is riveted as at 28, or otherwise suitably secured, to the metallic band 21 between the retainers, the rivets passing through the leather band 22 as shown. These U-shapcd fastening devices 26 are arranged at appropriate distances apart around the circumference of the wheel in order to insure cotiperative relation between the solid tire and the pneumatic. tube.

at all times.

From. the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that l have provided a combined cushion and pneumatic tire whereby the transmission of shock to a vehicle body is eliminated owing to the cooperative engage" ment between the solid tire and the pneumatic tire, the pneumatic tire being rendered proof against puncture, and while I have herein shown and described one form of my invention, by way of illustration, l desire to have it understood that it do not limit myself to all of the details heroin shown and de scribed, as modification and variation may be made within the scope of the claim and without departing from the spirit or sacridoing any advantages of the invention.

1 claim:

In a whecl the combination with a hub, spokes and rim of retainers fastened to the opposite sides of the rim, a pneumatic tube interposed between said retainers, a plurality of metallic and non-metallic bands sur" rounding the tube within said retainers, fastoning devices secured to said bands and spaced appropriate distances apart and each comprising a ll -shaped member having the opposite limbs thereof provided with alining apertures, and a rivet tube carried by said member and disposed within the apertures in the limbs thereof, and a solid tire connected to said retainers and fastening devices bearing indirectly upon said pneumatic tube.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'CELESTIN LAltiPRE. lVitncsses SAMUEL B. MniLnnsoN, WILLIAM R. Jonns'ron, 

